
Welcome to the Jill Dyché Special Edition of the Bill Inmon Newsletter.
It is once again my privilege to feature our Jill Dyché Special Edition of the Bill Inmon Newsletter. As you know, Jill is a recognized customer data integration expert. In addition to Part 2 of my series on metadata, this Special Edition also features an article from Jill's colleague, Shravan Miriyala. His article discusses how healthcare organizations can benefit from business intelligence, data management, data governance and master data management.
On behalf of the Business Intelligence Network, I encourage you to use the Jill Dyché Special Edition of the Bill Inmon Newsletter as your regular source of information about customer data integration and customer data management. Also, please continue to use the Business Intelligence Network as your premier source for information pertaining to business intelligence, performance management, data warehousing and information quality.
To your continued success,

Metadata, Part 2
by Bill Inmon
End user analysts and transaction processing end users treat metadata very differently.
BI in Healthcare: Lessons Every Industry Should Heed
by Shravan Miriyala
This month, Jill Dyche’s colleague, Shravan Miriyala, describes why the healthcare industry has learned some lessons from the rest of us. At the same time, recent healthcare BI efforts can remind us of some tried-and-true BI best practices.
The Future of Business Intelligence – Delivering Benefits Today
March 29 at 2 p.m. ET
BT, one of the world's leading providers of communications solutions and services, and Colin White outline the new key trends in business intelligence (BI) and how your organization can benefit from next generation BI systems.
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Fresher Data for the Data Warehouse: What’s the Cost?
April 5 at 1 p.m. ET
What are the costs to deliver fresher data – integrated more than once a day – to the data warehouse? Join industry expert Dr. Richard Hackathorn and GoldenGate Software to hear analyses of 5 data integration architectures that offer low-latency, even real-time, data.
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The Next Generation of Data Warehouse Appliances: From Feeds & Speeds to Solving Real Business Problems
April 5 at 2 p.m. ET
First generation data warehouse appliances made many promises but failed to solve some of the challenging business issues. However, 2007 is ushering in new data warehouse technology that lives up to its expectations. Join Colin White as he discusses the differences and benefits of the next generation.
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Business Intelligence: The Right Fit = The Right Choice
April 19 at 2 p.m. ET
This Web seminar will focus on the top “Magic Quadrant” business intelligence platforms and vendors and explain how to select the BI platform that will best address your needs. Colin White will discuss key milestones in BI as he sets the stage for the discussion.
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Using Operational Business Intelligence for Intra-Day Analysis and Decision Making
On-demand
Learn how operational business intelligence optimizes the business intelligence (BI) decision cycle. Join Claudia Imhoff, Colin White and Judith Davis as they discuss the technologies for implementing operational BI.
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Driving Profits with Incentive Pay Programs
On-demand
Join CFO Magazine, Watson Wyatt, Iconixx and Varicent on a webcast roundtable discussing the results of groundbreaking new research from CFO Research Services entitled “Sales Incentive Compensation: Issues, Problems, and Solutions.”
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